Jewelry box



oct. 14, 1930. J. SUNDEE 1,778,406

JEWELRY BOX Filed Nov. 13, 1928 Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES MTENTA OFFICE JOHN R. SUNDEE, F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BUFFALO JEWELRY CASE CO. INC., 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK JEWELRY BOX Application led November 13, 1928. Serial No. 319,071.

to a cover-brace therefor.

One of its objects is the provision of a simple and inexpensive brace of this character which will effectually support the cover in its open position or the body of the box from the cover when the same is held in a display position from the j ewelers hand, and which does not require the use of separate fastenings for applying it to the box.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cover-brace for jewelry boxes which has been designed for ready application to the box and which in no way interferes with the opening and closing of the cover or detracts from the appearance of the box.

In the accompanying drawings z- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a jewelry box showing my improved cover-brace applied thereto. Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse section thereof, the display pad being removed for clearness. Figure 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken on line 3 3, Figure 2. Figure 4 is a detached perspective view of the brace.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding' parts throughout the several views.

By way of example, my invention has been shown applied to a jewelry box of `ordinary construction, 10 indicating the box-body, 11 the cover hinged thereon to swing vertically, and 12 the removable display pad on which a watch or other article of jewelry is mounted.

The brace member, which is indicated at 13 and located at one side of the box, is preferably made of spring wire and is pivotally connected at one end to the box-body and slidably joined at its other end to the cover. The lower pivoted end of the brace has an inwardly-directed laterally offset extension or pivot-arm 14 which is disposed in a horizontal position in an upwardly-opening notch or ref" cess 15 formed in the top side of the bottom wall of the box and along one of the side edges thereof adjacent to the rear wall. To hold thisr pivot-arm in place, the top side of the box-bottom has a finishing sheet 16 of cardboard or' like material glued thereto which exten ds over the notch 15 and prevents vertical displacement of the pivot-arm. The brace extends upwardly from its pivot-arm and bears at its lower portion against the adjoining side wall of the box-body and the opposing edge of the display pad 12, whereby the brace is held against shifting` horizontally out of place.

At its upper end the brace member terminates in an outwardly-directed extension or guide lip 17, which is preferably formed by bending the wire upon itself in the manner shown in Figure 4, and which engages a longitudinal slot or guideway 18 formed in the adjoining side wall of the cover 11, the outer side of the slot being closed by the box-covering 19. As the cover is opened and closed, the brace swings about its pivotarm 14 and the guide lip 17 travels in the slot 18, there being sufficient friction between the engaged parts to enable the cover to assume any desired position between its closed and fully open position.

While manifestly simple and inexpensive in construction, this improved brace is designed for ready attachment to the box without the use of separate fastenings, the ends of the brace being anchored to parts formed integrally with the box-body and the cover without detracting from the appearance of the box and without materially altering its construction or increasing its cost of manufacture.

I claim as my invention 1. In a jewelry box, the combination with the box-body and the cover hinged thereto, of a brace member disposed between the hinged ends of the box-body and the cover and terminating atits ends in oppositelyfacing extensions arranged at substantially right angles to said brace member, the boxbody having a notch in its bottom wall for receiving one of said extensions which constitutes a pivot for the brace member and the cover having a guideway in its side wall for slidably receiving the other extension.

2. A jewelry box, comprising a body having an upwardly opening notch in the top side of its bottom wall and along one of the side edges thereof, a cover hinged to said box-body and having a guidevvay in ite corresponding side Wall, a Wire brace disposed between the box-body and its cover and having an integrally-formed pivot-arm at one end extending laterally therefrom in one direction forengagement with the notch in the bottom Wall of the body andan integrally-ormed guide lip at its opposite end eX- tending laterally therefrom in the opposite `direction for engagement With the guide- Way 1n the cover, `and a finishing sheet applied to the bottom Wall of the box-body and extending over` its notch for preventing displacement of the pvot-arm'oi'fsaid brace.

JOHN R. SUNDEE. 

